#witch history

  The story of Saint Dunstan goes back to the 10th. Dunstan (was a blacksmith at the time) and was visited by the devil himself. The hoofed devil asked for a horseshoe for himself. So then, Dunstan had used iron nails to secure a red hot horseshoe tightly to one of his hooves, and the devil howled in great pain. The devil begged for Dunstan to remove the hot shoe. so he had agreed under only one condition that the devil must respect the horseshoe and never enter any place where one was hung above the door.

    Horseshoes also have 7 holes usually cause of the number being lucky as well.

  This is also why it’s so popular in western cultures, in Whats called granny magic/witchcraft, and a lot of Appalachian witchcraft.